LAWRENCE COUNTYDeadwoodSights & Sites
●Deadwood Historic District – 108 Sherman Street (Deadwood Historic Preservation); 605-578-2082 (same) or 800-344-8826; deadwood.com; Deadwood gained notoriety in late 19th Century as lawless gold mining town; in 1874, Gen. George Armstrong Custer led expedition to Black Hills territory owned by Lakota; during his search, he found gold on what is known as French Creek, which is near Custer; this started well-known rush & Deadwood formed in 1876; within 6 months, Deadwood’s population quickly reached around 4.8K people; in mid-1876, Steve & Charlie Utter (friends of Wild Bill Hickok) started to import prostitutes & other business opportunities to help jump-start economy around Deadwood.